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Second Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor 1886: Convict Labor
by Wright, Carroll D. (commissioner)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Labor, 1887. A very rough copy, poorly taken care of, and in a sad state, much like the subject matter; Moderately foxed and aged, reddish discoloring down front gutter, lengthy inked writing on ffep and rear fep, penciled name/place on fep. Edges dust-soiled and discolored. Binding has barely recognizable spine titling; Moderately soiled spine and covers, fraying to corners and spine tips; 612p., including index.. Cloth. Fair. Illus. by Charts, Tables. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB10822
- Title
- Second Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor 1886: Convict Labor
- Author
- Wright, Carroll D. (commissioner)
- Illustrator
- Charts, Tables
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior, Bureau of Labor
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Convict Labor Camps, Convict Penal Colonies, Covict Prison Labor, Labor Laws and Convicts, Prison Industries, Convict-Manufactured Goods, Prison-Manufactured Goodsd
- Bookseller catalogs
- Law; Social Science;
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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